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Ilkley developer on bribe charges in Caribbean

Monday 13th February 2012
By Jonathan Redhead

A property developer who attempted to build a luxury hotel and spa resort in the Caribbean has been accused of bribery involving high-ranking Government ministers.

Richard Padgett, of Denton, Ilkley, is facing charges in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) after an investigation into alleged corruption and financial mismanagement by the Government of former Prime Minister Michael Misick.

It is believed the businessman, who was behind the Oswin Mills scheme in Shipley in 2006, is now not allowed to leave the islands, a British Overseas Territory, while criminal proceedings continue. Next month, it is understood Mr Padgett and eight other people, including a former deputy prime minister on the islands, Floyd Hall, and three other former ministers, will appear before Court to face various charges including money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the TCI Government.

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